Congratulations to PhD student in Special Education, James D. Lee, on winning the 2020 Outstanding Asian and Asian American Graduate Student Leader Award from the campus' Asian American Cultural Center.
The AACC's annual leadership awards recognize excellence in activities, programs, and services that promote cross-cultural understanding of Asian American and Asian international experiences, and that provide educational and cultural support for Asians and Asian Americans in our university community.
James' award recognizes his excellence in developing and implementing programs for the Asian American campus community, excellence and innovation in classroom instruction that furthers knowledge of Asian American communities, and/or excellence in research that promotes awareness of Asian American issues. Award consideration favors those nominees who have exemplified several semesters of leadership to our campus and will soon be graduating. He will be honored in a virtual ceremony on May 1, 2020.